The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

  1. Beautiful Handpainted Bookmarks.  These are some of my newest acquisitions.  Such things of beauty from an IG shop called Rimjhim Artopia.  2. Books with cute illustrations. This is The Gopi Diaries by Sudha Murty.  3. More cute bookmarks. From Tula Makes and Sparrow.  4. My Kindle! I am so grateful for my Kindle and having a quick access to books anyplace, anytime and so easily at that.  5. A tall stack of good books.  Agatha Christie.  Sherlock Holmes.  I am all about finding things that make me happy and make me smile.  What has made you happy lately? 

Hello, hello! Hope everyone is having a nice and restful Sunday!  Mine was pretty decent. It involved reading, watching a good web series and eating good food!  Wanted to share a little haul of The Ink Bucket floral diaries that we bought last month. We have not been buying much stationery this year. The thought of having to sanitise paper products has been too scary for us! What if we damaged the paper? What if it did not sanitise properly?!  Anyway, the good news is that if you use sanitising wipes of sanitiser on tissue then it works well!  First up is this pretty floral diary. Look at the dainty floral print on it! So charming!  Look at this stunning dark floral diary! Look how pretty! The pages are lined but are undated. So, you can date them or not, basically, use it as you'd like to!  The end pages of these diaries are very pretty! Both of them look something like this.  Hope you enjoyed this little haul.  See you next week with some r...

 Hello!  I recently got some beautiful book sleeves in the mail and thought I'd share them with you.  This is my second time buying from Fitoor Company and I am sure it won't be my last.  A girl travelling. &  A girl being all kinds of comfy and cozy and reading.  Two of my favourite things in the world!  Aren't the illustrations just adorable?!  There are a few things better in this world than a comfy chair and a good book to escape into.  :)  Love this one.  Travel.  Staring into space. And a great quote on the back.  I might be a bit obsessed with book sleeves.  I have far too many and I always want more!  These two newest additions just make me so happy.  :) 

  Book: The White Tiger  Author: Aravind Adiga  Publisher: Harper Collins  Pages: 276  Read On: Paperback Edition  How Long it Took Me To Read: 2 days  Plot Summary:   Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life—having nothing but his own wits to help him along.   Born in the dark heart of India, Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village's wealthiest man, two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles), and the rich man's (very unlucky) son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City car, Balram's new world is a revelation. While his peers flip through the pages of Murder Weekly ("Love -- Rape -- Revenge!"), barter for girls, drink liquor (Thunderbolt), and perpetuate the Great Rooster Coop of Indian society, ...

Postcards from the Moon.  Or, well of the Moon.  Pictures clicked in March during some kind of super moon.  I remember having a less than perfect day, and that night I looked out the window and saw this glorious full moon and feeling all kinds of joyful.  This has been my greatest learnings from the last few months, that its the littlest things that bring the brightest joys.  A full moon night.  A gentle breeze at the end of a long day.  Flowers blooming.  A cup of perfectly brewed chai.  A good nap. A rainy afternoon.  Perfect puddles to jump in.  Fluffy clouds.  Soft, old tees.  Cold Coffee.  A good laugh.  Good hair days.  Food that fills your heart.  Kitchen experiments.  Cold showers at the end of a summer night.  Fresh sheets.    "With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?"  —  Oscar Wilde   "And once the storm is over you won't...

  Book: Kintsugi  Author: Anukrti Upadhyay  Publisher: Harper Collins India  Pages: 224 Read On: Hardback Edition  How Long it Took Me To Read: 1 day  Plot Summary:   Kintsugi - named after the ancient Japanese art of mending broken objects with gold - is a novel about young women breaching boundaries, overcoming trauma, and challenging the social order. And about men surprised by women who are unconventional, unafraid and independent. It is the story of Meena, rebellious and unexamined, and Yuri, as complex as Meena is naive. Of Hajime, outsider to two cultures, and Prakash, unable to see beyond his limited horizons. It is also the story of Haruko who has dedicated herself to her art, and of Leela who is determined to break gender roles and learn the traditional gold-craft of her community. Set between Japan and Jaipur, Kintsugi follows the lives of these characters as they intersect and diverge, collide and break and join again in unexpected way...

  Hello October!  Hello Festivity!  Hello Celebrations!  (Albeit all things low key this year, I am still excited for Durga Pujo and all that the joy that comes with it.)  Hello Spooky-ness!  Hello Halloween!  I am so excited to spend all of this month reading Spooky Books and watching Horror Films.  I am so happy you are here October!  ~~~  If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have made my way across the country to come visit my parents. The flight was long and hard to stomach.  Flying during Covid is not easy and not fun. I would not recommend it unless it is absolutely necessary. It's hard to breathe under a mask and a face shield and the worry and anxiety is next level.  Uff!  But it's done and I am happy to be here with my parents for the festive season.  Sacked! Folktales You Can CarryAround by Deepa Agarwal: My current read is a simple and sweet collection of Folktales from India and I am only two sto...